History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett

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History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett

by Turpentine

Rudyard Lynch, creator of the enormously popular YouTube channel WhatifAltHist joins Austin Padgett every week to offer a deeper understanding of critical moments in history. Together they identify patterns in order to predict the future and understand the dynamics that result in civilizations rising and falling.We cover WW1, WW2, Classical Greece, Medieval Islam, the rise of Communism, and more.History 102 is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

90 episodes

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1

Explaining the Age of the Last Men

2:17:39 Mar 14, 2026

2

Explaining the Cold War

2:36:41 Mar 8, 2026

3

Explaining the Pax Americana

2:25:45 Mar 4, 2026

4

Explaining Corporate Era America

2:25:12 Feb 19, 2026

5

Explaining the Age of Neo-Liberalism

2:16:29 Feb 14, 2026

6

Explaining 20th Century East Europe

2:34:57 Feb 7, 2026

7

Explaining East Europe's Age of Empires

1:56:59 Feb 2, 2026

8

Explaining Medieval Eastern Europe

2:29:24 Jan 29, 2026

9

Explaining the Decline of Islam

2:38:23 Jan 14, 2026

10

Explaining the Soviet Union

2:41:23 Dec 23, 2025

11

Explaining the Rise + Fall of Modern Britain

2:09:54 Nov 17, 2025

12

Explaining the Age of Romanticism

2:16:29 Nov 11, 2025

13

Explaining the History of Trade (feat. Ryan Petersen of Flexport)

1:26:57 Nov 7, 2025

14

Explaining Europe's L'Ancien Regime

2:20:14 Nov 1, 2025

15

Explaining the Enlightenment

2:14:35 Oct 21, 2025

16

Explaining the Mediterranean's Decline

2:27:33 Oct 19, 2025

17

Explaining the Catholic Church

2:05:35 Oct 11, 2025

18

Explaining Capitalism's Rise + Fall + Rise

2:23:44 Oct 8, 2025

19

Explaining Steppe Empires

2:12:07 Sep 28, 2025

20

Explaining Colonialism in Asia

2:10:33 Sep 18, 2025

21

Explaining Inner Asian History

2:10:37 Sep 4, 2025

22

Explaining the Gunpowder Empires

2:02:14 Aug 29, 2025

23

Explaining Imperial China

2:23:08 Aug 21, 2025

24

Explaining Japanese History

2:48:05 Aug 16, 2025

25

Explaining the Mongol Empire

2:14:39 Aug 14, 2025

26

Explaining Mysticism in History

2:36:37 Aug 9, 2025

27

Explaining Sex and Power in History

2:47:45 Jul 21, 2025

28

Explaining the Holy Roman Empire

2:20:39 Jul 16, 2025

29

Explaining the Crusades

2:13:40 Jul 14, 2025

30

Explaining the Volkerwanderung

1:58:08 Jul 12, 2025

31

Explaining the Death of God

1:58:21 Jun 12, 2025

32

Explaining the Napoleonic Wars

1:44:48 Jun 7, 2025

33

Explaining the French Empires

2:16:12 May 25, 2025

34

Explaining the Creation of France

2:24:42 May 20, 2025

35

Explaining the Pax Romana

1:56:05 May 15, 2025

36

Explaining Latino History

1:52:07 May 8, 2025

37

Explaining Mexican History

2:02:51 Apr 28, 2025

38

Explaining Native American History

1:57:51 Apr 21, 2025

39

Explaining Frontier Era America

1:43:52 Apr 14, 2025

40

Explaining the British Empire

1:51:31 Apr 7, 2025

41

Explaining Victorian Britain

1:30:11 Apr 4, 2025

42

Explaining the Age of Exploration

1:37:28 Mar 18, 2025

43

Explaining African Colonialism

1:34:54 Mar 13, 2025

44

Explaining the 1960s

1:32:42 Mar 3, 2025

45

Explaining the 1950s

1:24:06 Feb 24, 2025

46

Explaining the Origins of Science

1:13:17 Feb 19, 2025

47

Explaining the Iron Age

1:26:35 Feb 12, 2025

48

Explaining the Bronze Age Collapse

1:33:26 Jan 14, 2025

49

Explaining Ancient Israel

1:40:29 Jan 8, 2025

50

Explaining Medieval Asia

1:09:34 Dec 30, 2024

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